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Belphegor “Los Angeles, are you ready for the devillll?” I laugh. But not at Helmuth. Belphegor’s vocalist/guitarist is dead serious. All the stage lights are red. It’s dark, and it’s hot. Others are smiling, too. Eyes glint. It’s time for revenge. Payback for the hours burned to get to this point. James Brown saw red […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDhzpCZe6CA . . . For how much I rag on big metal labels, they do offer one thing: money for bands to make videos. Granted, it gets recouped against royalties, but at least it yields something potentially cool. I grew up on music videos and still love checking out metal ones. For better or for […]

Click to enlarge “Heavy Fundametalisms: Music, Metal & Politics,” the first ever global conference on metal, will take place in Salzburg, Austria from November 3-5, 2008. Full details and the call for papers are here. One need not be an academic to present, although such affiliation would likely help defray travel/lodging/registration expenses. All papers accepted […]

Belphegor – Hell’s AmbassadorSanctus Perversum Nuclear Blast2006 Belphegor’s blackened death metal hasn’t changed much over time. This Austrian band flirted with black metal imagery and frosty sounds on its earlier albums, but the ingredients have largely remained constant – blastbeats, tremolo picking, growls with the occasional rasp, double bass as if paid by the bpm. […]